After what happened that day the rest of the week was pretty much uneventful. Cleaning the house, getting groceries, cooking, going to school and taking care of Clyde was basically my life since mom died. Dad works half of the night shift at a factory that works 24/7 so he sleeps through the day, gets us from school, buys us a snack that we eat at the nearby park and sometimes he even spends extra time with us but that's about it and we don't see him much. Clyde and I miss him lots but being a dad taking care of two kids means he needs more income and we both understand it, but dad is really trying his best to balance his work and us and it makes us very happy.

But ever since the bank robbery I have bad dreams every night, I wake up sweaty, screaming and scared which results in hypersensitivity in my telepathy, which in turn makes all of this situation worse for me. So I always finish my nights with Clyde sleeping next to me to comfort me just like mom did to us when we were babies. He may only be 10 but he is already so mature and admirable, he'll grow up to be a good man, I just know it.

That night again I had a bad dream, I woke up in the same way I woke up all of this week and see my door opening with small, tired Clyde entering my room.
"Clyde baby, go back to sleep."
"But ___-"
"No buts. I know how tired you've been because of me, and I am very grateful that you take care of me but you also need to take care of yourself."
"What are you going to do then?"
He softly asks as I start to get dressed.
"I'll walk around town. Probably stop at the park on the swings or something like that."
"You won't be gone for long right?"
He yawned out worriedly.
"I'll never be gone for long. I'll be back in the blink of an eye. Go back to the sleep boat little sailor."
I kiss him on his forehead as he goes back to his room. Then I go towards the front door, go out and lock it then make my way down the stairs. The streets are empty except from the few junkies and rebel kids, also a few older people here and there. The street are dimly lit and I suddently felt my belly grumble. I groan in annoyance as I feel around my pockets for some money and find 11 dollars. So instead of going to the park I decide to make my way to Griddy's to get myself a nice cup of tea and a doughnut or two. 
As I enter Griddy's I immediately hear chatter and see a group of kids and sit a few seats away from them as Agnes the owner comes up to me.
"Nowaday kids are gettin' out late huh? What can I get you kid?"
She kidly asks with a soft smile on her face.
"Uh, a cup of peppermint tea and two jelly filled doughnuts please Agnes."
"Coming right up sweetie!"
She says as she turns around to get me my order.
"It'll be 9 dollars girlie."
"Here."
I said as I paid my order and started to put sugar in my tea. I was about to drink it when one of the kids turned around and spoke to me.
"Hey! You're ___, right? It's me Klaus! The cutie from last week!" 
And with that he winked and I snorted.
"Yeah sure thing Klaus 'cutie', I'd rather chew off my own foot than think this! Nice to see you again man."
I laughed as he faked being hurt but then laughed along.
"Yeah nice to see you too! Oh yeah I forgot that you didn't meet my other siblings, right?"
He asks as he pointed to a few other kids I didn't know and I caught Five's and Ben's stares and waved them hello.
"Okay so this thing right here is Luther, number one, whatever."
He pointed to the blonde boy that threw a bad guy out of a window.
"Hey ___. Thanks for savin Klaus' sorry ass."
I smiled  and shook his hand. Next to him was a curly haired girl.
"That's-"
"I'm Allison. Nice to meet you! I finally meet another girl. We are only two amongst this sea of stupidness. Good to have you soldier."
She cuts Klaus off and I snort at her introduction.
"Aye aye cap'n! Nice to meet another girl too. I live with my dad and brother and I gotta say that I often long for girl contact!"
We laugh in unisson as another boy clears his voice.
"H-hey I'm Diego.."
He says and pout. So I look at him and smile.
"Hey man. Nice to meet ya! If you're worrying about the stutters don't. My brother had a pretty bad case of stuttering when he was younger so it doesn't make me change my view of you."
"Which is..?"
"That you are a badass hero that kicks bad guys' butts for a living. Also my brother likes you a lot, he likes the knife throwing thing you did."
As I finished my sentence he had a sweet grin on his face and I returned it. I looked at Ben as he lifted himself from his sitting position and went in for a hug, to which I responded by taking him in my arms.
"What's up Ben?"
"I'm okay. And you? Why are you out this late?"
He looks at me worriedly and lets go of the hug.
"Ah that. Nothing much I just needed fresh air. Since the robbery I've had pretty bad dreams I guess."
"But you weren't out the other days."
Inquired Five looking confused. So I smiled at him and explained.
"My little brother came in my room when he heard me-..when I had nightmares and slept with me. I know it makes him very tired so today I told him to go back to sleep and so here I am!"
I finished by doing jazz hands and Klaus shook his head.
"You've been having panic attacks?"
I froze but then sadly nodded and explained that my brother helped me with those after my bad dreams and Klaus nods.
"But the real question is, why are you guys out this late?"
They all grin and I immediately knew that they sneaked out and immitated an old grumpy lady.
"Ohhh such rebels you are! Nowadays kids are damn annoying! In my time you would've gotten your ass kicked for even being one second late for your curfew!"
I yell as I move my imaginary cane and we all laughed and continued to eat our doughnuts doing the small talk.
"So you tell me, that that old man adopted you, to make super heroes out of you, except Vanya which is always at home because she has no powers but is a very talented violonist. But that he treats you like shit and that your mom's a robot and she was the one to give you names. That your butler is a monkey and that you have no exterior friends. Wow. Well damn."
They all nodded at me sadly.
"I feel sad 'cause I thought I already was your friend."
"Wait....really?!"
"Are you serious?"
"Uh..What?"
"THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU-"
"Shut up Klaus you're ruining the moment!"
"I think they are idiots for not realizing this earlier."
I look at Five who softly smirks at his siblings who are currently dancing and yelling in joy. I nod slightly and grin.
"They may be idiots. But it feels nice all of this positive energy."
"Believe me it's not always like this. There's rivalry, jealousy and our family is basically a gigantic disfunctional mess."
"Sure, but you gotta admit that you're happy to have them. I can basically feel the pride you have for them by just looking at your small smirk."
He clicks his tongue but still holds his grin. And like that we spend a few more hours eating doughnuts, and they pay mine because obviously they are filthy rich amd I didn't have enough cash on me. Some of us finish by puking in the back alleys, some of us are full and nauseous but don't have any intentions of puking and some of us still have place for a few other doughnuts. But whether we were in one situation or the other we were all happy and definitely sugar high. And because of this we ran around a little more .

Then they decided to bring me home since 'there are some sick people doing sick things at night' as Diego and puts it.
"-Really though you have a sixth sense or what?"
"Nah Klaus, but when the guy is like three meters taller than you or something it's easy to see him attack. And your back was facing him, so he thought he could be slick. Well no so fuck you, you giant fucktard."
I say to the 'man' that almost knocked Klaus out and we all laughed tiredly. I stopped and told them that we were here and shook their hands, also getting a bone crushing hug from Klaus a cute smile from Ben a 'we should totally do a girl's night' from Allison and a smirk from Five. That boy surely knows how to smirk it seems. I get closer to Ben and whisper a small 'thank you' into his ear. He seems to understand because he does a zipping motion on his mouth. We say a last goodbye and I enter the complex to go back home. The sun was already rising, I looked at the clock and see it's 6 a.m and I go back to sleep as tired and full as I could ever be, but also very happy to have new friends, real friends. I drift to a peaceful slumber still in my clothes that I was way too lazy to get rid of.

The thing I didn't know is that a certain boy appeared in my room with a piece of paper on which was written a phone number and a date in a neat and curved handwriting.

'Tomorrow (or today whatever you prefer to call it) night hang out,
call us with the number (226)-336-1437 when you are ready to go. You'll also meet Vanya. See you later.
-The Umbrella Academy'

And then he disappeared but not before correctly covering me with my bed sheets, protecting me from the cold.

A/N: Whew I lost my data when I was halfway done but I could restore it! Halleluja! Don't forget to vote and comment!